Joy as council chief inaugurates projects

Residents of Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State penultimate Saturday received a fresh breath of air when the chairman of the council area, Hon. Fatai Ajidagba inaugurated 10 newly-built roads and block of classrooms among other projects.

The event was witnessed by chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) including its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, former Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Muiz Banire, Deputy Speaker Lagos House of Assembly, Hon. Kolawole Taiwo and Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Aromire.

Speaking during the occasion, Hon. Ajidagba said that his administration had touched the lives of residents in all spheres of life. “We have brought governance closer to our people and this is most evident in what we are celebrating today with the commissioning of people-oriented projects. Our administration has impacted tremendously in all spheres of social and infrastructural development such as security, health, environment, education and commerce. Patrol vehicles and special duty trucks for surveillance have been given to law enforcement agencies to aid their operations. Besides, our council area has witnessed massive development of roads since our assumption of office. Some of the roads that we are commissioning today include Odofin, Michael Ebahor, Rasaki, Animashaun, Apollo, Oyedeji, Akinsipe, Abikoye, Aiyepe, all of which were constructed with drainages and sidewalks in line with the Lagos State government specification on road construction.

“Among others, our health sector is fast developing at good pace; this is a result of our commitment to uplift the sector to an enviable height. We have rehabilitated and equipped primary health centres at Oridilu, Amukoko and Layeni, while we shall continue to provide the necessary working tools and enabling environment for our personnel to ensure quality service delivery.”

In his words, Oba Aromire said: “Hon. Ajidagba has not disappointed the people of this council area since his emergence as council chairman. I have reasons to testify to his good works because I have personally inspected the projects without him knowing and I am quite satisfied with what I saw. His zeal and dedication to work in order to uplift the lives of the people is quite commendable.”

Commending Hon. Ajidagba for a job-well-done, Alhaji Moham-med said:” Today’s ceremony is a testimony to the fact that our great party, APC have people of impeccable characters who knows what the people want and provide for their needs without being prompted. I want to urge you (Ajidagba) to keep up the good works that you have done, so that the people of this community can have the dividends of democracy in abundance.”

The event also witnessed distribution of free eye glasses to people with bad sight and poverty alleviation items to artisans and traders. Beneficiaries smiled home with sundry items such as grinding machines, deep freezers, hair dryers, generators, sewing machines among others.

The climax of the ceremony was the commissioning of a block of 18 classrooms at Sari-Iganmu Primary School, E-Library and skills acquisition centre by Alhaji Mohammed.